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Jobs & commute in Radley

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Radley works elsewhere

3 jobs are based in Radley for 51 working residents. Hardly any stay in Radley for work; outside it, Pittsburg is the main destination (33%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Kansas has 12%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Radley

On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

51live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday87
140live here− 51head out to work+ 3come in to work= 87on a workday

About 87 people are in Radley on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Radley commutes to

ScammonArma: 1 residents work here (2%)St. Paul: 1 residents work here (2%)Benton: 1 residents work here (2%)Girard: 3 residents work here (6%)Columbus: 1 residents work here (2%)Iola: 1 residents work here (2%)Frontenac: 6 residents work here (12%)Pittsburg: 17 residents work here (33%)Wichita: 3 residents work here (6%)Joplin: 5 residents work here (10%)Iola TownshipRadleyPittsburgFrontenacJoplinGirardWichitaArmaRadley
1
Pittsburg6.1 mi away
33%17
2
Frontenac3.8 mi away
12%6
3
Joplin, MO31.7 mi away
10%5
4
Girard4.9 mi away
6%3
5
Wichita142.3 mi away
6%3
6
Arma5.2 mi away
2%1
7
St. Paul22.7 mi away
2%1
8
Benton130.1 mi away
2%1
9
Columbus22.1 mi away
2%1
10
Iola46.4 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%12
The top trips

Where Radley clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Radley

Jobs based in RadleyJobs Radley residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%24%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices0%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%24%
Over $3,333 a month0%55%

Who does it

29 or younger0%16%
30 to 54100%53%
55 and older0%31%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Radley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Radley

Working from home
0%

of Radley workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Radley gets to work
61%Drive alone
27%Carpool
12%Other

Share of the 82 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Radley

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPittsburg: 33% · 6.1 miFrontenac: 12% · 3.8 miJoplin: 10% · 31.7 miGirard: 6% · 4.9 miWichita: 6% · 142.3 miArma: 2% · 5.2 miSt. Paul: 2% · 22.7 miBenton: 2% · 130.1 miColumbus: 2% · 22.1 miIola: 2% · 46.4 miPittsburg 33%Frontenac 12%Joplin 10%Girard 6%Radley
RadleyTop destinations (size = commuters)
58%Under 10 mi29 residents
8%10–24 mi4 residents
16%25–50 mi8 residents
18%Over 50 mi9 residents

About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Radley: questions

What is the median household income in Radley?

$150,170 (±$95,834) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Radley?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Radley work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburg (33%, 6 mi), Frontenac (12%, 4 mi), Joplin (10%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Radley without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Radley, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Radley

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.